“ ‘As things stand now, I am going to be a writer. I’m not sure that I’m going to be a good one or even a self-supporting one, but until the dark thumb of fate presses me to the dust and says ‘you are nothing,’ I will be a writer.’”

Without deep reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people.

Albert Einstein

He who does not trust enough, Will not be trusted.

Lao Tzu

There is no remedy for love but to love more.

Henry David Thoreau

The worst vice of the solitary is the worship of his food.

Cyril Connolly

I contribute my best in my sport and I also have a ton of respect for myself and my family.

Venus Williams

What people call insincerity is simply a method by which we can multiply our personalities.

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You can spit on a rose, but it's still a rose.

Marty Rubin

All of a sudden to get all of this attention, and to be away from home and working all the time was hard. I was on planes all the time. I didn't see my friends. I cried a lot. It was quite terrifying.

Kate Moss

The freedom of thought is a sacred right of every individual man, and diversity will continue to increase with the progress, refinement, and differentiation of the human intellect.

Felix Adler

According to your sympathy, you will take pleasure in your own happiness or in the happiness of other people but it is always your own happiness you seek.

John Buchanan Robinson

The truth is that literature, particularly fiction, is not the pure medium we sometimes assume it to be. Response to it is affected by things other than its own intrinsic quality; by a curiosity or lack of it about the people it deals with, their outlook, their way of life.

Vance Palmer

Success should always be just beyond your grasp.

William Shatner